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I have listed the surnames of Mapulana and the translations or the meaning of the surnames. Their praise poems, where I was able to get them, is included with the surnames. Some of the surnames have common roots for example; Mashego, Chiloane, Mashile and Mat�ia have a common ancestry. A marriage amongst these surnames is prohibited.  This is a complicated thing to unravel suffice to say, whilst others used their praise poem, others used the name of their mother and the others used the name of their father as their surname.

Chiloane also spelt Chilwane/Tshilwane (grinding stone)

Dibakwane/Dibakoane (those who quarrel)
Ke Dibakwane wa matlhatse a khumo a tshwane a mmelegi
Ke motho wa tshema a lala kgotla
E bonwa ke motsoga pele
Motlaletsatsi a sa e boneng

Kua segodi seitsha maeba go sela
Kua phashaphasha a mmata
Kua mabele matsoga ntlong
Tshuri, tlhaka di se gona


Dilebo/Dilebe (the looks)
Kgwedi (moon)
Lebyane
Letswele (Breast)
Malele (spyro gyra)

Mashile  (The grinders)
Re ba Mashile a Segodi sa Malekane
Mokibane wa monesa morale
Ngwana wa lepulana pula ga a tshabe
Ke matshaba tladi serutha ka mosela
Ntheng ya thaba magale a serorobele
Re Matshilwane a shibe
A shila naka la moshidi
Ka moso a shila tlhogo tsa batho
Rena ba maswika maramaga
Ekego mae a tshilwane


Mashego/Mashigo ( they of the night/Mother of a night)
Re Batau ba Phaageng a Malala a moenyane
Wa Mahlogo a sekwebe sa mmu ya Ngwalane
Re ba Malala segwete se mela ntsweng
Seroba thoka tsa bashimanyana
Re na ba Mashego a Sefeefee sa Mpuru wa Ngwalane

A variation of the above is:
Mashego wa malala sekgwete
Sekgwete wa mela ntsoeng
Serobo thoka tsa badisha
Madishanyana le maditla
Maditla ke marwala tshwele marwala
Tshwela motshagata
Re boya Shakwaneng
Shakwaneng ga kgomo go phalang
Go phala motho ba sa djyin
Kgomo ma lela teng
Moloko keo tsibela kae?
O iye le beng ba kgale
Ba geshu ba ga Mashego.

Other groupings of Mashego who are an offshoot of Mat�ie say
"Ke Mashego 'a thogane ya Mat�ie,
Seoka moeba,
Segodi sa malekane,
Batau ba sa tshabego,
Baja tau ba shiya moboko".

Mat�ie/Mat�ia  (They of the locust/mother of locusts)
Re ba Mat�ie a pooshwa diboko le Chiloane
Re batho ba Shakwaneng
Shako la motho le kgomo go phalang?
go phala motho go ba kgomo re lla re djya


Makhubedu (the red ones/mother of reds)
Malumane/Malomane (He who bites)
Mawele (those who fall)
Malope
Marule

Mogane (those who refuse)
*BagaMogane assimilated into Mapulana in the 1800�s. Their forefather, Ngobeni, came with the White gold miners who came to Pilgrim�s Rest. Ngobeni was a Shangaan. Amongst Mapulana he was called Kobeng as they could not pronounce his name. His nickname was Mogane. Because of his privileged position as a translator, and with the help of his masters he assumed chieftancy of  a group of bagaMashigo which was under Kaishang.  Their praise poem Mogane o edja togolo ya Mashego attest to this peculiar arrangement. The poem means that bagaMogane eat a type of mielie porridge which belonged to Mashego.
Ke Mogane a edja togolo a Mashego a Malale
Wa segwete semela ntsweng
Se se apegago ke badia le badithla


Mogakane (those who confuse)
Moganedi
Morema/Moreme ( a chopper/cutter)

Nonyane/Nonyana (bird)
Ke Nonyana wa Sheibe a Matlabishe
Wa lebalela la mmala wa phaga ya Moenyane
Nonyana e kgolo Serufse maila go shupiwa
Ke ba batho ba Sekurukuru se tsebeng

Sedibe (pool/lake)

Phosa/Maphosa
Segage
Mapaela
Mphokane/Phokane
Makutu

Mokwena
Kwena ya madiba a magolo
Shakwane (they of the reeds)
Segodi
Selekane
Selekane (Mokone who become assimilated into Mapulana)
Ke Selekane wa sefala tlhaga a Maubane
Ke Mokone wa go befa mmele, tlhaka la nko la ologa
Ke mokokona pola ka pedi, e nngwe a shieyela bana

Phoku
Sehlabelo
Tsatsi/Tjatji (sun)
Thibela (stoppers)
Theledi (slippery)
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Theko wa mankobole
Mokoni wa mokokona phola ka pedi
Yengwe ke ya beya peu
Le ya Shatleng mokokotlelo mohobo ele mokokotlelo
Re batho ba maila hlako ya moriri
Re batho ba Mankobole
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